Ansible Tutorial Part 2: PlayBooks & Managing Servers On Different Platforms Debian & CentOS

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Ansible Part 2: PlayBooks, Kitchen &
Managing Servers On Different Platforms
Such as Debian & CentOS

Phils GitHub

Part One of the tutorial
Tutorial: Getting Started with Ansible for Linux Server Configuration Management

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[AdamMcCulloughMerlin]

These two videos are hands down the best ansible tutorial resources I've come across, and by a wide margin. I've already made many changes to the config scripts I have to manage my personal dev environment, and I'm planning out more.

Than you so much, especially for showing running code. I know it makes things more difficult, and it causes time to fall down a black hole when you get a server name wrong, but for those of us trying to put this into practice, it's absolutely invaluable. So many other guides and tutorials only cover principles and guidelines without ever showing *how to use the tool*.


Not to knock architecture or guidelines! But. Knowing what bytes to write to a file also helps, quite a lot.

[teamrampageservices]

This is an awesome set of videos! As I move into the SysAdmin area I'm needing a different set of tools then I've used in the past, and man am I glad I found you, Tom! And of course, you led me to SMLR and Phil, which has been a lifesaver! I look forward to the next topic you two put out there! Thank you for sharing all you know, it's inspiring me to follow a similar path as I move from a software dev role to sysadmin (in addition to about a dozen more. I'm changing from a freelance software engineer to an MSP).

Thanks again and I'll see you around!

[pusheen]

Fab videos! Amazingly helpful. I’d love a more detailed tutorial on the Kitchen tool.

[stanchan]

Great video! Wanted to add a few tips. I use Molecule for my Ansible role development and continuous integration testing. I loved using Test Kitchen for my previous development on Puppet modules and Chef cookbooks, but it didn't seem right using a ruby tool for python development. My server integration tests used goss, so there isn't a need to depend on gems for dependency management, all my tests are in yaml and Ansible doesn't feel like a second class citizen.

[ItsKingMyles]

this video was so helpful, thanks for the deep dive ~

[kepupotete]

Files in github not complete. Roles folder is not there. Please update the repo. :)

[dnsh]

You've got a good VIM setup going on there. Would mind sharing your vimrc and setup details?

[RezwanRahman]

how to run playbook which will check all variable on run time?